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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. The Dow and S&P 500 advanced to fresh records on Friday amid a lift in oil prices and the French government having favoured General Electric's proposal to take over Alstom's ...

Abbott eyes Canadian pension money

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has encouraged Canadian pension funds to invest in Australian infrastructure. Speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, Abbott said he wanted to see more Canadian investment in Australia. "I know ...

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
The superannuation sector has welcomed the Queensland government's plan to sell $33.6 billion worth of infrastructure assets, announced in a draft proposal released with the budget on Tuesday. The report flags a number of assets for sale or long-term ...

Super isn't working for us, say baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Just 20% of working Australians over 50 believe superannuation is a "good system" that is "working for them," a report commissioned by REST Industry Super has found. The report also found that 45% of respondents were concerned about the constant rule ...

DomaCom eyes Gen Ys with property product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
DomaCom is encouraging young investors to set up self-managed super funds (SMSF) and to invest in its property fund as part of a recent partnership. The provider has partnered with Self-Managed Super Institute, CST Corporate Solutions and Evolv Super ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... is now resolved, market confidence is in gradual recovery," he added. TOKYO - Tokyo investors next week will keep a close eye on simmering tensions in the Ukraine and events in Thailand following a military coup, while movements in the yen will also ...

Budget forces advisers to rethink tax, retirement strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... insurance, falling family tax benefits and if they have kids moving into school or university." Advisers will have to keep an eye on clients born after 1965 and affected by the raise of the Age Pension eligibility age; especially on those working on ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... "This is a problem-solving budget because we do have a very serious problem of debt and deficit, stretching as far as the eye can see. But it's also a nation-building budget." Abbott confirmed that there will be a deficit levy, expected to affect those ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... financials and resources and the quantified conservatism of investors, there is more going on in Australian equities than meets the eye. There is actually a thriving active fund management industry in Australia employing all sorts of ingenious strategies ...

ASIC eyes fee for service funding model

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider changing the regulator's funding model to one partly based on fee for service. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, ASIC proposed to charge ...